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satchel · 04-16-2009, 12:39 PM

The NPBL (link in my sig) is a 28 team league (expanded from 24 six seasons ago) and we've always used four- or five-round drafts (for 32 seasons), and never had a problem.

Think of it this way: take the total number of players in the draft, and figure out how many people are going to be retiring from your league every year. Are as many people going to be retiring every year, from each team, as the team will be gaining in the draft? If your league has a typical age spread, you're going to see an average of about five people per team per year retiring, if even that many, due to age or career-ending injuries. Take a couple of teams and look at their oldest players. How many, at a time, are going to pass the age of 35?

The concern that your league will run out of players, due to too small of a draft, is minimal, in my opinion.

04-16-2009, 12:39 PM	#3 (permalink)
satchel Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Ft Smith AR Posts: 2,680 Thanks: 52 Thanked 48x in 26 posts	The NPBL (link in my sig) is a 28 team league (expanded from 24 six seasons ago) and we've always used four- or five-round drafts (for 32 seasons), and never had a problem. Think of it this way: take the total number of players in the draft, and figure out how many people are going to be retiring from your league every year. Are as many people going to be retiring every year, from each team, as the team will be gaining in the draft? If your league has a typical age spread, you're going to see an average of about five people per team per year retiring, if even that many, due to age or career-ending injuries. Take a couple of teams and look at their oldest players. How many, at a time, are going to pass the age of 35? The concern that your league will run out of players, due to too small of a draft, is minimal, in my opinion. __________________ JL Commish NPBL Rhode Island Reds ’33 ’34 ’35 TCBA San Francisco Railbornes ’74 ’76 ’77 ’78 FL New Orleans Black Sox ’56 ’57 ’58 ’59 IOLD Last edited by satchel; 04-16-2009 at 12:42 PM.